Fakie Roll Hops

you jumped far enough to get six though

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So if I get this right, you ride towards a stairs backwards and clear
it? Land backwards too or can you 180 it?
I'll try it tommorow, but we don't have any proper sets here though,
the 5er we have is the same as a normal 6-7 set really and the 4 set is
the same as a normal 3 set... pretty bloody annoying.

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dan heaton does 7 in defect..

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DustinMichels said:

So if I get this right, you ride towards a stairs backwards and clear
it? Land backwards too or can you 180 it?
I'll try it tommorow, but we don't have any proper sets here though,
the 5er we have is the same as a normal 6-7 set really and the 4 set is
the same as a normal 3 set... pretty bloody annoying.

technically a fakie rolling hop involves taking off and landing
backwards...but taking off backwards and doing a 180 before landing,
would be a fakie 180 down a stairset, I guess.

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president_luke said:

Hey unicycle people. I'm just wonering how many stairs people have fakie
(backwards) roll hopped. I did a 5 today and im really happy. I've seen
Shaun.J and Dan.H do 6 stairs. Anybody done anymore?

Backwards isn't "fakie" on a unicycle. Wrong foot forward is
equivalent to fakie.

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Wrong foot forward is the equivalent of switch.

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koebwil said:

Wrong foot forward is the equivalent of switch.

Well, I can see that argument, but "fakie" doesn't really work for
unicycling jargon. The reason it's called "fakie" is that you're
faking like it's normal when it's not. There's no faking involved in
going backwards on a unicycle; it's just going backwards. Why not just
call it "backwards"?

(Side note: you couldn't call it "backwards" on a skateboard or
snowboard, because you're actually moving sideways in either case).

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backwards rolling hop down a stairs then, switches wouldn't be too good
on a unicycle though. You hardly see the difference between normal and
switch, plus, lots of people use different positions so it's not like
"OMG HE DID THAT WITH HIS LEFT FOOT FORWARDS, INSANE".
I'll settle with the term fakie rolling hop.

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tholub said:

Well, I can see that argument, but "fakie" doesn't really work for
unicycling jargon. The reason it's called "fakie" is that you're
faking like it's normal when it's not. There's no faking involved in
going backwards on a unicycle; it's just going backwards. Why not just
call it "backwards"?

(Side note: you couldn't call it "backwards" on a skateboard or
snowboard, because you're actually moving sideways in either case).

It's called fakie on a bike too. Even for inline.

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maxisback said:

dan heaton does 7 in defect..

Wow your right. I counted 6 for some reason. Yeah just because its a
skating word dosn't mean it's exactly the same in unicycling. Fakie is
backwards.

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with bmx:
backwards=fakie
fakie 180=half cab
fakie 360=full cab

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Anybody done 8 or 9?

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I am sure dan could go bigger than 7. He landed that set in defect on
his first attempt. I wouldn't be suprised if he could make 8-9 steps.

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tholub said:

Backwards isn't "fakie" on a unicycle.

I didn't know you were a street rider, Tom... how long have you been
throwin' down the flips & spins?

We're glad you can set us straight on the terminology here... does this
mean that General Dibbles and 'Wikipedia'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland_BMX) are wrong? Is there a
specific sport from which unicyclists are allowed to select their
jargon? As it stands, we've "borrowed" from skaters, bikers and
boarders so far...

🙄

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-Riding- backwards isn't necessarily fakie on a unicycle. But doing
tricks backwards that you would normally do forwards is considered
fakie.

For instance, a fakie 360 would be a 360 while riding backwards. Riding
down the road backwards wouldn't be considered 'riding fakie'.

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